Lunar New Year
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
The Lunar New Year marks the time of the largest yearly human migration, as Chinese peoples from around the world converge on their homeland to visit their families. It's also a holiday celebrated by many different cultures, and we'll join in the celebration tonight with traditional (and non-traditional) music from Asia.
Yolanda Kondonassis sets our evening afloat with some traditional Chinese melodies on the harp; we'll also hear traditional Burmese music on traditional instruments. The Shanghai string quartet brings us Zhou Long's arrangement of "Eight Chinese Folk Songs," and the music of Japanese composer Minoru Miki is sprinkled throughout as well.
Yolanda Kondonassis sets our evening afloat with some traditional Chinese melodies on the harp; we'll also hear traditional Burmese music on traditional instruments. The Shanghai string quartet brings us Zhou Long's arrangement of "Eight Chinese Folk Songs," and the music of Japanese composer Minoru Miki is sprinkled throughout as well.
